Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1436-100, James Fitzgerald, Va.

SERVICE
Va
Fitzgerald, James
NUMBER
B.L.Wt 1436-100
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MS. 1436
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Dr. Fitzgerald's kin

Received of the Secretary of war U.S. military land warrant No 1436 for 100 acres in favour of Elizah  Gutzwald son & one of the heirs of James  Gutzwald a soldier of the Virginia line. dated at Chambers Stor Anthony Evans Jr Febr 19 1828 attorney

Ja s Fitzgerald
N o 1430
Prin
Va
sent to Anthony Evans
Va

State of Virginia
Spotsylvania
I Elijah Fitzgerald one of the sons and heirs at law of James Fitzgerald do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that James Fitzgerald was enlisted in the year 1777 for the term of during the war, and served in regiment No. 5 under the command Colonel of the Virginia Continental Line that he continued in the service of said until the termination or end of the war; I further declare that I have never received a warrant warrant for the quantity of land promised to the said James Fitzgerald on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore know all men by these presents, that I Elijah Fitzgerald aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Anthony Evans of Bedford County to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid, and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed.
With Mr. Waller
his Elijah X Fitzgerald Mark
Personally appeared the above named Elijah Fitzgerald Subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand this 10 th day of Oct r 1828
With Mr. Waller. S.P.A.6

In testimony that the above written William M Waller was a magis- trate authorised to administer oaths and take acknowledgments &c in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature. I have hereunto affixed the County seal and subscribed my name and quality at the Clerks office of the County Court of Amherst in the State of Virginia this 17th day of October 1828.
Robert Tinsley Deputy Clerk of Amherst County Court.

July 7, 1934
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Mrs. H. Hannah 632 Tarboro Street Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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John Fitzgerald-B.L.Wt.#764-300 James Fitzgerald-B.L.Wt.#1436-100
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James and John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received grants of land for their services.
The data which follow were obtained from the records of this office and claim for bounty land based upon the services of those soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
John Fitzgerald B.L.Wt.#764-300
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 764 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 14, 1792, to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Captain John Fitzgerald of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further information on file relative to his services, nor any data pertaining to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned.
The above record is that of the only soldier named John Fitzgerald, of Virginia, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city furnishing that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant.
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James Fitzgerald B.L.Wt.# 1436-100
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Fitzgerald are not shown in the papers in the claim.
James Fitzgerald enlisted sometime in 1777, and served in the 5 th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Scott; length of service to the close of the war.
Bounty land in full satisfaction for the service rendered by James Fitzgerald was allowed on an application executed October 10, 1838, by Elijah Fitzgerald, one of the sons and heirs at law of James Fitzgerald. Said application was made in Amherst County, Virginia.
In order to obtain the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, citing the following data: Bounty Land Warrant, Number 1436-100, issued December 6, 1838.
There are no further data as to soldier's family.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

632 Garboro St., Rocky Mt. N.C. June 23 rd /1939
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Please send me Revolutionary war records of James and John Fitzgerald of Va. It seems the land grants & them lies or layed in Kentucky or Ohio or both. I do not know from what County they enlisted or name of widow. records Va. gives two grants each.
Thanking you in advance for same. Respect.
Mr. H. Hannah 632 Garboro St., Rocky Mt. N.C.

Chambliss's Store 30 Norfolk
The Honorable Secretary of war
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J. A. T. [?] g. [?] Smith [?]

Chambers Stone Bedford Ky 1828
Nov 28 1828
Sir,
You will find the documents in support of Elizah Fitzgerald Revolutionary land claim Please send his warrant by mail if admitted
Respectfully yours & etc
Anthony Evans

Virginia To Wit
At a court held for Bedford County the 24 th day of November 1838.
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in court to prove that Eliza W
Fitzgerald
is the son and only heir at law in fee to James Fitzgerald Deceased late a Captain in the fifth Regiment of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment
I Gustavus A Wingfield Deputy Clerk of the Court Court of Bedford do certify that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal this 26 th day of November 1838
G. A. Wingfield D. Clerk